Everyone recognizes this classic image of Santa from the vintage Coke Cola ads during the holiday season.

We are amazed at the wide variety of Santas to choose from in the stores this year. We do have a fondness for the vintage paper images of Santa. This one is probably circa 1950's.

There are as many Santas as the stars in the sky. This one caught our eye.

One more Santa to add to your collection.

The day after Thanksgiving has always been a busy one for us. No we do not and will never open at 3am. But at the very civilized hour of 10am both malls will be open for your shopping.This year we are part of a very cool shopping promotion called Little Boxes. Many fabulous stores are participating in an effort to promote alternatives to shopping at those other stores...... For more information take a look at the website www.littleboxespdx.com

We think that you have to be under a certain age to really be able to pull of this kind of head gear but it caught our eye. Dealer 169 has plenty of winterwear items in her booth space at Splendid. You had better get over here and shop. And NOW!!!!

We haven't seen this new fashion statement written up in the New York Times Style Magazine yet but when we were in NYC a year back, these kinds of jackets were in the hundreds of dollars. This one is $75 and Dealer 169 has it.

Portland is the land of Pendleton but it is fun to see vintage Pendleton items in the stores this time of year. They are classic. Dealer 169 has plenty of them.